Denis Worrall

Denis John Worrall (29 May 1935 – 18 May 2023) was a South African academic, businessman, politician and diplomat.

He was subsequently elected to the House of Assembly as National Party MP for Cape Town Gardens.

[3] As a member of the NP's relatively moderate faction, Worrall objected to the shift from reform to security after 1985.

He resigned his post in order to return to South Africa and enter politics again, standing as an independent against the senior government minister Chris Heunis in the Helderberg constituency in the 1987 election, but lost by 39 votes.

[3] In 2015, Worrall founded The Cape Messenger, an online daily newspaper with a focus on business and politics in South Africa.